Antirattler for automobile-doors.



C. T. SCHROYER.

ANTIRATTLER FOR AUTOMOBILE DOORS.

APPLICAIION FILED SEPT. 2. 1914.

1,151,723 Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

CHARLES T. SCHROYER, OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.

ANTIRA'ETLER FOB AUTOMOBILE-DOORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 31, 1915.

Application filed September 2, 1914. Serial No. 859,842.

'0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. SCHROYER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Sioux Falls, in the county ofMinnehaha and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Brntirattlers for Automobile-Doors, of which thefollowing is specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inantirattlers for automobile doors of the type shown and described in" anapplication for Letters Patent filed by me July 20, 1914, Serial No.852,011.

My present invention has for its object to provide means for locking theanti-rattler in retracted position when the door is in open position andfor automatically releasing and throwing the same into operativeposition.

1V ith these ends in view my invention consists in the details ofconstruction and an rangement hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertainsmay know how to make and operate my improved devices and fullyappreciate the advantages thereof 1 will proceed to describe the samereferring by numerals to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 isa fragmentary side elevation partly in section, showing an automobiledoor equipped with my improvement, Fig. 2 is a detail perspective of thereciprocative member of the anti-rattler, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary viewof the edge of the automobile body and the other anti-rattler member,and Fig. 4 is a detail plan view showing the releasing spring bar andthe ordinary door bumper for taking up the shock in closing the door.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the several figures ofthe drawing.

1 represents an ordinary door and 2 the frame, or body of theautomobile.

The door is hung upon hinges 3 in the usual manner.

4 is a rectangular block of rubber or equivalent resilient materialsecured in a suitable recess in the frame or body 2, by screws 5. Thisblock is fo med with a V- shaped recess 6.

7 is a second member of the anti-rattler formed with a recess 8 in itsrear edge to receive the flattened front extremity of a reciprocatablemember having a shank 9 and formed at its front edge with a projectionor hp 10 which is V-shaped vertically and also in cross-section and theshank 9 is adapted to be attached to an operating lever, all assubstantially shown and described in the pending applicationhereinbefore referred to.

In connection with the details of construction shown and described thefollowing additional features of construction constituting improvementsare employed.

11 1s a vertical V-shaped recess in the door 1, and at the bottom ofthis recess is pivoted a stiff bar 12 curved at its upper end andrigidly connected at 13 to the lower extremity of a hand lever 14.

The rear extremity of the shank 9 is pivotally connected at 15 to thebar 12 so that as the lever 14 is drawn back, the lip 10 will bewithdrawn and into a recess 16 in the edge of the door 1.

1n the recess 11 at the upper end is secured in any suitable manner aplate 17 having a curved slot 18 for guiding juncture 13 between the bar12 and lever 14, in an obvious manner.

19 is a flat metal spring secured at its rear end 20 to the door andwith its free end 21 extending slightly beyond the edge of the door andadapted to contact with an ordinary shock absorbing bumper 22. Thisspring lies over the face of the lever 14 as shown in Fig. 4, and isformed with a shoulder 23 adapted to interlock with the lever when saidlever is in its rearward position and thus hold it until it is released.

24 is a cylindrical case confined within a. mortise in the edge of thedoor and formed with a recess 25 at the outer extremity and with apartition 26 having a central orifice for the passage of the shank 27 ofa reciprocatable member or latch 28 provided with a coller 29. Betweenthe collar 29 and the rear end of this casing and surrounding the shank27 is a spiral spring 30 which is put under compression when the latchis retracted. The rear end of the shank 27 of the latch is attached inany suitable manner to the stiff bar 12, so that as the lever 14 isdrawn back it will not only retract the anti-rattler lip 10 but willlikewise retract the spring latch 28, and as the lever travels over theinclined face of the shoulder 28 on the spring 19, the latter will beforced outwardly until the lever passes behind the shoulder 23 whichwill lock the lever against return movement and hence the lip 10 and thespring latch 28 will both be concealed within the edge of the door. Whenthe door is closed the free end of the fiat spring 19 will contact withthe bumper 22 which will in an obvious manner disengage the shoulder 23from the lever whereupon the spiral spring 30 will force the latch 28outwardly and its shank will vibrate the bar 12 on its pivot at thebottom of recess 11 and by reason of the connection between the bar 12and the shank 9 of the member 10, the latter will be forced within theV-shape recess or keeper 6.

From the construction shown and described it will be readily seentherefore that in pulling the lever is rearward the antirattler memberswill be separated and the lip 10, and also the spring latch 28 will beconcealed within the edge of the door and retained in such position byreason of the lever being locked by the shoulder 23 on the flat spring19 and will so remain until the door is closed when the contact of thefree end of this spring with the bumper 22 will automatically releasethe lever and the antirattler lip and spring latch will be forcedoutwardly and into the desired position.

The casing 24 with the latch and spiral spring in position therein maybe disposed within a cylindrical mortise extending inward from the edgeof the door, and fastened in the recess in any suitable manner, with therear extremity of the latch shank 27 secured to the bar 12.

Variations may be made in the mere details of construction Withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

WVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Thecombination with a door frame and a door, of a reciprocatable member 7mounted on the door and engaging, when projected, with the frame, ahandle pivotally mounted upon the door and operatively connected to saidmember, a spring urging the reciprocatable member to a projectedposition, and acting to shift the handle with the reciprocatable member,and a locking member yieldingly mounted upon one face of the door formovement at right angles to the plane of the door and extending over thehandle and having a detent engaging with the handle when the handle isretracted to prevent the movement of the handle under the action of thespring, the other end of said locking member being projected beyond thedoor and being adapted to engage the door casing when the door isclosed, whereby to cause the movement of the look ing member away fromthe door and the re lease of the handle and the reciprocatable member.

2. The combination with a door frame and a door, of a reciprocatablemember mounted on the door and engaging, when projected, with the frame,a spring urging the projection of said member, a handle operativelyconnected with the member, and extending upward exterior to the face ofthe door, and a spring locking member supported at its rear end upon theface of the door and extending over the handle and projecting beyond theedge of the door, the extremity of the locking member being adapt ed toengage the frame of the door and to be thereby held from inward movementas the door is closed, said locking member having a detent engageablewith the handle when the door is opened and released therefrom by therelative outward movement of said locking member when the door isclosed, to permit the projection of the reciprocatable member under theaction of the spring and when the door is closed to permit theprojection of the locking member under the action of the spring.

3. The combination with a door and a door frame, the door having avertically extending recess; of a bar pivoted at its lower end in saidrecess and extending upward, and formed at its upper end with a handle,a latching bolt operatively connected to the bar and extending outwardthrough the door and adapted to engage a recess in the door frame, aspring urging the projection of said latch bolt, a plunger alsopivotally connected to said bar and having a head adapted to beprojected against the door frame to' thereby prevent rattling, a springlocking member extending parallel to the upper edge of the door andattached at its rear end to the door and extending over the handle, theend of said locking member projecting beyond the edge of the door andadapted to engage with the frame of the door before the door is fullyclosed, whereby to shift the locking member outward upon the fullclosing of the door, and a detent carried upon said locking member andengageable with the handle when the door is opened, but shifted out ofengagement with the handle upon the full closing of the door, to therebypermit the projection of the latch and plunger.

4. The combination with a door and a door frame, of an anti-rattlingmember fixed in the edge of the door frame, a reciprocatableanti-rattling member mounted upon said door and having a shank extendingtherefrom, a bar pivoted at its lower end to the door and operativelyconnected to said shank and having a handle at its upper end, a springlatch disposed on the door and operatively connected to said bar, andmeans.

for automatically locking the tilting handle in its rearward positionwhen the door is opened and releasing said tilting handle when the dooris closed, to thereby permit the projection of the anti-rattling memberand the latch.

5. The combination with a door and a door frame, of an anti-rattlingmember mounted in said frame, a cooperating complemental antirattlingmember mounted on the door for reciprocation, an actuating leveroperatively connected to said last named anti-rattling member, and aspring actuated latch also operatively connected with the lever, wherebya movement of the lever will cause a simultaneous retraction of theantirattling member and the latch and whereby a projection of the latchunder the action of the spring will cause a like projection of theanti-rattling member.

6. The combination with a door frame and a door, of a reciprocatingmember mounted on the door, and engaging, when projected, with theframe, a handle operatively connected to said member, a spring urgingthe projection of the member, and a locking member comprising a flatspring attached to one end of the door, extending over the handle, andformed with a locking shoulder engaging with the handle when in itsrearinost position, the free end of the spring projecting beyond theedge of the door, and a shock absorbing bumper mounted upon the doorframe and adapted to contact with the other end of the spring as thedoor is closed to thereby shift the free end of the locmng memberoutward to cushion the closing door and simultaneously release thetilting handle to permit the projection of the reciprocating member.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

CHARLES T. SCHROYER.

WVitnesses M. CHRISTENSEN, K. S. MYRLAND.

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Washington, D. C.

